Sylvia Greenwood Leaves (detail), Digitally Altered Photograph. Part of the Bush to Beach Exhibition that will be showing from Sunday 16 November – Sunday 30 November at the Sarina Art Gallery, Field of Dreams, Bruce Highway, Sarina featuring contemporary and traditional works in a variety of media by local artists from the Sarina area. Welcome to the Creative Mackay e-bulletin 14 November – 12 December 2008 This monthly e-bulletin provides the latest information on news, events and opportunities about arts and culture for Mackay and region. If you would like to contribute information to the e-bulletin, please email [email protected] Find out more about…. 1. Exhibitions, Events and Performances (Go straight to this section) 2. Training, Workshops and Meetings (Go straight to this section) 3. Work and Opportunities (Go straight to this section) 4. Grants and Funding (Go straight to this section) 5. ebulletin Tid Bits (Go straight to this section) 6. Community Showcase (Go straight to this section) ₪ Regional Arts Development Fund / Second Round for 08/09 Closes 19 November for projects starting after 22 December 2008. Mackay Regional Council in partnership with the Queensland Government offers arts and cultural grants for arts workers, individuals and community groups from the Mackay Regional Council area. The RADF funds one-off, short-term projects that offer professional arts, cultural and heritage opportunities. More information and application forms can be found at www.mackay.qld.gov.au or by contacting the Arts Development Officer on 1300 622 529. ₪ Mackay Regional Council’s Q150 Design Competition / Entries close Friday 19 December, 5pm In 2009, communities throughout the state will celebrate the 150th anniversary of Queensland’s separation from the Colony of New South Wales. In celebration of this significant milestone, the Queensland Government is coordinating a state-wide community art project that involves distributing large ‘tiles’ to each local government in Queensland to decorate. Mackay Regional Council is running a competition, open to all residents, to determine the design of two tiles from our region. One tile will reflect the Mackay region’s past and one will represent the hopes, dreams, aspirations and vision for the future. Once completed, the tiles will come together to form a 41 square metre art piece at the RNA Showgrounds, ready for the 2009 Ekka. This is a fantastic opportunity for Mackay residents of all ages to contribute to a state-wide community art project and to make their mark on a permanent, public artwork. Themes and topics that could be referenced in the tiles include: • Original inhabitants – Indigenous culture, tribal references; • Migrants – British, European, South Pacific, Asian etc; • Settlements – who, when, where; • Local culture – music, festivals, events, food; • Lifestyle – domestic architecture, street cricket, backyard gardens; • Industry – agriculture, markets, mining, manufacturing; • Tourism – when, where, why • Disasters – floods, cyclones, snakes, crocodiles, the depression, war years; • Education – schools, TAFE, Universities • Icons – people, places, things • Nature – flora and fauna, landscapes, seascapes. Winners of the Q150 Design Competition will receive tickets on board the Q150 steam train, which will travel to more than 30 communities throughout Queensland in 2009, visiting Mackay in May to celebrate Queensland’s 150th with events and activities. Winning entrants will also be acknowledged in the final submission of tiles to the State Government. We’d like to encourage you, your school and/or community group to get involved in this exciting project. A competition entry form and two tile templates, are available to download from our website: www.artspacemackay.com.au To enter the competition, simply create your two designs on the templates provided and submit with a completed entry form attached. Tile templates can be enlarged to A3 size but should not exceed this. The entry form also asks entrants to describe what each tile depicts. Entries for the Q150 Design Competition close 5pm, Friday 19 December 2008 and can be submitted in person (at Artspace Mackay), via post or email. If you have any questions about Mackay Regional Council’s Q150 Design Competition, please contact Tracey Heathwood on ph: 07 4961 9785 or email: [email protected]. ₪ Are you part of a small cultural group that would like to find out more about becoming an incorporated Association? The Ethnic Communities Council Queensland would like to hear from you. If you would like more information please contact Sharon Malebogo Orapeleng. Phone: 07 3844 9166 / [email protected] ₪ River Rock to Mountain Top Community Festival Date Claimer The River Rock to Mountain Top Community Festival in the Pioneer Valley near Mackay is set for May 8th - 10th 2009 1. Exhibitions, Events and Performances… ☼ Boundless: Artists’ Books from the Mackay Regional Council Collection / to November 2008 Since Mackay City Library began purchasing Australian and international artists’ books in 1995, Mackay Regional Council’s collection has continued to grow, and is now considered to be one of Australia’s most significant. In addition to providing a snapshot of highlights from this collection of artists’ books, the 60 works selected for display in Boundless exemplify the diversity and inventiveness of a growing number of artists exploring this artform, one that consistently confounds and defies simple definition. Cox Rayner Gallery, Artspace Mackay 4957 1722. ☼ Expressions Exhibition / to 15 November Sarina Art Gallery is mixing it up with a diverse range of local artworks on show at the exhibition titled ‘Expressions’ featuring traditional still-life paintings, watercolours, portraits and contemporary works. The gallery is open every day except Monday from 10am to 3pm. Sarina Art Gallery, Field of Dreams Parkland. Entry is Free. Contact Jodie Kane at Mackay Regional Council on 4961 9655. ☼ Bucasia Beach Quilters Inc. annual Patchwork & Quilting Display / to 22 November During library hours, Mackay City Library, Gordon St Mackay. For more information contact Lesley 4942 4841. ☼ Frame by Frame: Asia Pacific Artists on Tour / to 30 November McAleese Gallery. An exciting new Travelling Exhibition from the Queensland Art Gallery. Photography and the moving image were integral to The 5th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT5), from Ai Weiwei’s iconoclastic Dropping a Han dynasty urn to Rashid Rana’s dissection of the photographic image through the use of the pixel. Frame by Frame showcases a broad cross-section of photography and the moving image by artists from the contemporary Asian, Pacific and Australian collections. The exhibition includes many acquisitions from APT5. Also showing in the Mackay Mazda Foyer - Ti Parks: Recent works ☼ Olafur Eliasson’s The cubic structural evolution project / to December Seminar Room. Olafur Eliasson’s The cubic structural evolution project 2004, created from more than 300 kilograms of white Lego building blocks, is a highlight from the Queensland Art Gallery’s international collection. Like any contemporary city, Eliasson’s mini Lego world grows and reduces over the course of the exhibition as children and adult audiences participate in the pulling down and rebuilding of the Lego structure. Artspace Mackay, Gordon Street, phone 4961 9722. ☼ Works on Paper / to 31 December, 10am - 4pm New drawings, collagraphs, prints, etc. by artist-in-residence Lesley Kane. Gargett Gallery, Jim Moule St Gargett. Admission free Contact 49585024 / 49585124 (fax) / [email protected] ☼ Brief moments in time / 5 - 30 November Photographic Exhibition by Ann Fitzgerald. My interest in photography is currently centred on the interplay of time and weather on the environment - the role the elements play in changing the structures and decoration of North Queensland dwellings. There has been a desire for the comforts of the new - a letting go or tearing down of the dwellings that were passed on from generation to generation. Lagoon Gallery, Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens, 9 Lagoon Street, Mackay. For more information contact Dale Arvidsson 4952 7300 / [email protected] or Ann Fitzgerald 4957 7505 / [email protected] Website: www.angelfire.com/oz/fitzgeraldann/index.html ☼ Christmas Art Exhibition Featuring Dysart Artists Suzanne Bushell & Rob Shepperson / Wine & Cheese Opening Friday 14 November, 6.30pm. Opening will feature acoustic guitarist Bill Dettmer. Exhibition runs until 14 December. Moranbah Art Gallery Council Chambers. All Welcome. For more information contact 0439 882 684 or 4958 1452. ☼ Townsville - Top Shelf: Improved With Time Exhibition / Friday 14 November - Sunday 7 December James Cook University: School of Creative Arts Graduate Exhibition. Top Shelf: Improved with Time is the culmination of three years of endeavour for the graduating cohort of 24 students from the James Cook University, Bachelor of Visual Arts and Bachelor of Photography degrees. An eclectic mixture of painting, sculpture and photographic works showcases these emerging artists’ talents and their individual perceptions and responses to the stimuli around them. Genres are diverse - from digitally manipulated photography to industrial assemblage, from delicate watercolours to collaged multi media works on canvas. Perc Tucker Regional Gallery - Cnr Denham St & Flinders Mall, Townsville Ph: 07 4727 9011. Open Monday – Friday 10am to 5pm; Weekends 10am to 2pm. Free Admission. ☼ Christmas